"Huh? What do you mean?" Hatake Ziyan froze and questioned the system.
"Exactly what I said. That molten drop you see is merely a substance formed over the past thousand years or so as the three-star stone fused with the stone tablet encasing it. It isn't actual three-star stone at all! The real three-star stone hasn't melted in the slightest! Do you understand now?" the system explained mercilessly.
"Uh... fine!" Hatake Ziyan stared speechlessly at the liquid beneath the three-star stone. All that excitement had been for nothing!
"System, do you have any way to melt this? How am I supposed to refine the Immortal Sword if I can't melt it?" Hatake Ziyan asked with a miserable expression.
"No! You have no way to melt it in this place!"
"Huh? Then why did you recommend it to me? So I could bring it back and stare at it?" Hatake Ziyan asked, bewildered.
"No. You might not be able to melt it in this world, but what about after you leave? You'll find a way eventually, won't you? Wouldn't it be a waste to leave something this good behind?" the system said.
"Uh, you have a point, but what am I supposed to do about my sword now? What am I supposed to make it out of?" Hatake Ziyan asked in dissatisfaction.
"Come on, are you stupid? Even if you can't melt it, can't you soften it? Just because you can't completely fuse all four materials together, does that mean you can't forge a sword?
You can use the most basic method: forge the blade first, then fuse the other three materials together and inscribe a Magic Array on the blade. That will let it use the properties of the other materials for now. Once you can melt it later, you